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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Zitronengras

English translation:

lemon grass

Added to glossary by William Stein
Nov 12, 2003 02:51
23 yrs ago
German term

Zitronengras

Hibiskusblüten, Zitronengras, Lindenblüten.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +25 lemon grass
5 +6 lemon grass
5 -1 citronella

Proposed translations

+25
7 mins
Selected

lemon grass

used in tea
Peer comment(s):

agree avantix
9 mins
Thanks for the scholarly refutation of "citronella"!
agree Fantutti (X) : I use it for seasoning.
27 mins
agree Boris Nedkov : it's right
2 hrs
agree Rowan Morrell : This answer is not a lemon! :-)
2 hrs
agree Teresa Reinhardt
2 hrs
agree AngieD
3 hrs
agree Gareth McMillan : Also used in Indian cooking.
3 hrs
agree Cécile Kellermayr
4 hrs
agree Lori Dendy-Molz
4 hrs
agree Louise Pendery - formerly Mawbey
4 hrs
agree EKM : ...and also used in lots of Thai dishes, as well as for herbal mosquito repellent.
4 hrs
agree Christina Emmanuilidou
4 hrs
agree Steffen Walter
4 hrs
agree Mario Marcolin
4 hrs
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : the only grass I eat;-)
5 hrs
agree Elvira Stoianov
5 hrs
agree Elke Koehnke (X)
5 hrs
agree jerrie : yum
6 hrs
agree Norbert Hermann
6 hrs
agree lone (X)
8 hrs
agree David Moore (X)
9 hrs
agree Scott Li
11 hrs
agree Hilary Davies Shelby : I think it might be one word... but that is definitely it
21 hrs
agree Nancy Arrowsmith
21 hrs
agree Corinna Luchtenberg
1 day 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+6
7 mins

lemon grass

See dict.leo.org.

A common herb with a lemon-like flavor.
Reference:

http://dict.leo.org

Peer comment(s):

agree avantix
9 mins
agree Teresa Reinhardt
2 hrs
agree Cécile Kellermayr
4 hrs
agree Mario Marcolin
4 hrs
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
5 hrs
agree Norbert Hermann
6 hrs
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-1
11 mins

citronella

this is the botanical translation for it.
In latin the official name is: Cymbopogon nardus
Peer comment(s):

disagree avantix : this is in German: Zitronellgras. Zitronengras is cymbopogon citratus
10 mins
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